Israeli Selling Sunset star Maya Vander reveals she’s been sent ‘a ton of hate’ for defending her home country amid ‘terrifying’ conflict with Hamas – as she reveals her family has been forced to hide in a ‘SAFE ROOM’ to escape bombings

Former Selling Sunset star Maya Vander has revealed she is receiving 'a lot of hate' and preparing to lose clients after voicing her support for Israel, as she opened up about her fear for her family living in constant danger back home .

In an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com, the reality TV star confirmed that her mother, brother, cousins ​​have been hiding in 'safe rooms' to escape missiles, and also revealed that she feels 'less optimistic' about peace. reaches.

Maya, 41, has spoken out on Instagram about the “terrifying” situation and has posted several videos since the October 7 Hamas terror attack, in which about 1,200 people were slaughtered – including children – and hundreds of Israelis were kidnapped and held hostage after being taken to a were taken to prison. Gaza.

“What's going on in the world, it's terrifying,” she told DailyMail.com. “I think it's just a lot of hate. I'm a Jewish person and when I see all this hatred towards Jewish people…

“I mean, you don't have to agree with certain things that the Israeli government does, but people denying things that happened to us on October 7, that's unacceptable.

Selling Sunset star Maya Vander has received 'a lot of hate' for defending Israel

Maya, 41, revealed that her mother (pictured) sometimes has to hide in 'safe rooms' in Israel

The TV favorite has spoken out about the 'terrifying situation' and revealed she has lost Instagram followers as a result and could lose property clients

“People who justify a terrorist organization and call them 'freedom fighters,' that really gets under my skin because I grew up in Israel and I grew up with terror all my life.”

Maya has encouraged people on Instagram to 'check your facts' before sharing their opinions on the current unrest. She claims that Palestinians are “victims” of a terrorist organization and would be “happy” if Israel destroyed Hamas.

She admitted that it was “a very intense” time, but said that despite being Jewish, she is not “trying to be an activist” and argued that “people who go to Columbia University or Harvard and raise the flag without even but to know the history and the conflict' are simply 'very ignorant'.

She was referring to protests held by pro-Palestinian groups at Harvard in October, in which students marched from Harvard's main campus in Cambridge to the business school in Boston.

Born and raised in Israel by her Jewish mother and Dutch father, Maya revealed that she could never ride the bus in Tel Aviv because she was “always afraid someone would explode.”

The real estate agent now lives in Miami with her husband Dave Miller and their children, Aiden, four, Elle, three, and six-month-old Emma, ​​but her mother remains in Israel.

“I have my mother, my brother, my cousins, everyone lives in Israel,” Maya explained in the interview, which took place just days before the ceasefire. “They got rockets, and no one is talking about Israel getting more than 10,000 rockets…

“Everyone only talks about what the Israeli army is doing in Gaza, but a lot of media doesn't show why we are in Gaza in the first place.”

When asked if she would prefer her family to come stay with her in the US, Maya replied, “I told them to spend time here until things calmed down, but in Israel the people are so strong. They say, “we have our work here, we have our routine here, we can't just leave.”

'They also feel an obligation to stay for their country. Every place in Israel – if it's new construction – has a safe room that you have to run to as soon as you get a rocket. I was just talking to my mom and she said, “Oh, I'm in the safe room because we just heard sirens and a lot of bangs.”

Maya's brother (photo) also lives in Israel, along with her nieces and nephews

The Israeli-born star rose to fame in the hit 2019 Netflix reality series Selling Sunset

Maya lives in Miami with her husband Dave Miller and their children: Aiden, four, Elle, three, and six-month-old Emma

Maya further emphasized that “people don't know the truth” about what is really happening, admitting, “This is a very complex situation. Unfortunately, I'm less optimistic when it comes to peace and such. Hamas doesn't care about its citizens, that's the truth. They don't care about the Palestinian people.

“If you really think about it, if Israel really wants to cause terrible wars that cause genocide and things like that, then they could actually go into Gaza and destroy Gaza in five minutes. And they don't, they try to do what they can, but again, it's a war and it's not easy because they're shooting missiles under tunnels, that's a fact.”

The reality TV star certainly has no intention of speaking out and predicted she will “probably lose clients” as a result.

“I do real estate and it's important to me, but I think there are more important things in life and you know what, if I lose followers I might gain a few more,” she said.

'I grew up with an open mind to all cultures, religions and colors. I don't see people based on their beliefs. We were never taught to hate… I never took a class in Israel where they taught me to hate Arabs, like never in my life, never.”